Pay attention, people. Water (potable, that is) and electricity will be the hot commodities of the future. Right now we as humans are scrambling to figure out how to reverse the horrible damage we've done to the environment. We are acting, but not quite thinking it through.
Everything is being converted to electricity and away from fossil fuels. While we have some solar power and wind power creating electricity, water will be in high demand for creating energy.
We have a problem. The demand on our grid systems can't keep pace with the ever increasing demand for electricity. We are trying to install micro-grids that can create, capture, and store alternative energy for later use. However, the main problem is the existing grid system. Think of the micro grids as having a super healthy heart to produce quality blood, but the arteries and veins that deliver and distribute the blood are deteriorating and clogged.
Yes, I'm oversimplifying but our ever increasing dependency on electricity will need attention. The other problem is that the 'green energy' things we produce leave a polluting foot print that is sometimes worse than had we not tried 'green energy.' Solar panels use hazardous materials during manufacturing, as do electric cars and their batteries (and disposal thereof), the materials to make wind turbines, and whatnot.
I don't claim to have the answers. I don't claim to have ANY answers. All I know is that the middle east and economies that depend on oil as their economic anchor are about to loose it. No wonder the middle east is all agitated and restless. Their livelihood is disappearing. Oh well, in a few years the middle east will be uninhabitable due to global warming, so no wondering they are all fleeing.
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